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These quotes about change are the empowering words you need, just like these self-inspirational quotes. 87. “Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.”
A man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past; A miss is as good as a mile; A new language is a new life (Persian proverb) [5] A penny saved is a penny earned; A picture is worth a thousand words; A rising tide lifts all boats; A rolling stone gathers no moss
Do not let them pass by, saying, "Sometime I'll try," But go and do something today. 'Tis noble of man to work and to give; Love's labor has merit alone. Only he who does something helps others to live. To God each good work will be known. Then wake up and do something more Than dream of your mansion above. Doing good is a pleasure, a joy ...
"Do not disturb my circles." The last words attributed to Archimedes (paraphrased from Valerius Maximus' Memorable Doings and Sayings). During the raid of Syracuse by the Romans, Archimedes was busy drawing mathematical circles. He was eventually attacked and killed by a Roman soldier as he was too engrossed in thought to obey the soldier's orders.
Irvine: Tandem bona causa triumphat (The good cause triumphs in the end) Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success) Kelso: Scots: Dae Richt – Fear Nocht (Do right — fear nought) Kinross: Scots: Siccar (Sure) Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule; Orkney Islands: Boreas domus mare amicus (Latin: The North our home, the sea our friend) [32]
Part of the American Film Institute's 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 quotations in American cinema. [1] The American Film Institute revealed the list on June 21, 2005, in a three-hour television program on CBS .
During the Mao era, when people swore oaths they would often do so on Quotations. [ 10 ] : 49 After the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976 and the rise of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the importance of the book waned considerably, and the glorification of Mao's quotations was considered to be left deviationism and a cult of personality .
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